Pawlenty, unlike Rudy Giuliani, isn’t running for the Republican nomination for President but has to actually run the state. So, unlike Giuliani, Pawlenty can’t just pretend that cutting taxes magically increases revenues. He needs to actually raise the money, and of course in the real world that means raising taxes.

It’s too bad Pawlenty &#8212 not to mention the innocent drivers and their families &#8212 had to learn from his mistakes, instead of from reason.